Madagascar Skin (UK)

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Review of Madagascar Skin
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Stephen Morse

Turns the odd couple completely on it's head
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 91 mins
Retail Price: £12.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
A bold and original British movie with powerful performances from its lead actors, John Hannah - sensitive and tentative and Bernard Hill - exuberant and boisterous. `Madagascar Skin` turns the odd couple completely on it`s head.
The film`s awkward hero is a painfully shy man with a Madagascar-shaped birthmark, who flees the nightmares of the city and the unhappy gropings of gay clubland. He ends up alone on a rocky seaweed-strewn seashore. In the strangest of circumstances he bumps into the larger than life, overtly heterosexual Flint, a cheeky bruiser with a definitely dodgy past. Hiding out in an abandoned cottage, their mutual suspicion begins to melt.

Made with Chris Newby`s eye for lyrical imagery and small but meaningful detail, `Madagascar Skin` is a film with surprising moments of intimacy and a wonderful joyful resolution to its unlikely tale.

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Stills Gallery. Biographies